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What will future bring? For sure there will be bigger and more beautiful ships. The following summarizes changes in fleets for the period 2005 to 2009:

COMPANY
DELIVERY DATE
SHIP NAME
PASSENGER CAPACITY
CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE
2005
CARNIVAL LIBERTY
2,974
MSC CRUISES USA
3/05
MSC SINFONIA
1,566
NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE
2005
PRIDE OF AMERICA
2,156
NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE
2005
NORWEGIAN JEWEL
2,400
OCEANIA CRUISES, INC.
11/05
NAUTICA
684
COSTA CRUISE LINES
6/06
COSTA CONCORDIA
3,000
HOLLAND AMERICA LINE
2/06
NOORDAM
1,848
MSC CRUISES USA
6/06
MSC MUSICA
2,600
NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE
2006
PRIDE OF HAWAII
2,400
PRINCESS CRUISES
5/06
CROWN PRINCESS
3,110
ROYAL CARIBBEAN INT'L
5/06
FREEDOM OF THE SEAS
3,600
CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES
2007
CARNIVAL FREEDOM
2,974
COSTA CRUISE LINE
6/07
N/A
3,000
CUNARD
2007
QUEEN VICTORIA
2,000
MSC CRUISES USA
6/07
N/A
2,600
NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE
2007
N/A
2,400
NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE
2007
N/A
2,430
PRINCESS CRUISES
5/07
EMERALD PRINCESS
3,110
ROYAL CARIBBEAN INT'L
5/07
FREEDOM CLASS II
3,600
ROYAL CARIBBEAN INT'L
1/08
FREEDOM CLASS III
3,600

Also some ships will be deleted from fleets in same period: Celebrity Cruises Horizon, Costa Tropicale, Crystal Harmony, Norwegian Cruise Lines: Norwegian Sea, Norwegian Majesty, Royal Princess of Princess Cruises and Raddison Diamons of Radisson Seven Seas Cruises.

What future brings when it comes to design and development ? Only time will tell but here are a few ideas:

Future Cruise Ship Future Cruise Ship
Future Cruise Ship Future Cruise Ship

Freedom



Comments:
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Clockworks
Space and TIme
1/29/2012 6:53:57 PM 		It may be ugly to you but at least we are trying to move forward. I like the designs its a nice change i would love to see what happens next
Trey Skuxx
me
12/12/2011 8:32:02 AM 		The top right one is the best but the others have big question mark because the design where the ship is like a circle needs a port n the others are great designs but will be hard to make and work.
DJ
saukakaka
12/7/2011 11:11:56 AM 		WOWOWOWOWOWOW Not so fast
liz
england
1/13/2011 1:22:31 AM 		wow!! they look amazing! i think this would deffinatly attract alot of people, what is on these ships?
Gary
Grand Rapids
5/27/2008 9:31:10 AM 		those futuristic ones are soo ugly. keep them traditional

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